SOUVESTRE (Emile).

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SOUVESTRE (Emile).
Le monde tel qu'il sera. Paris, Coquebert, s.d. (1846). Large in-8, half lavaliere long-grained morocco with corners, spine ribbed and decorated, untrimmed, illustrated cover preserved (Canape). First edition and first printing. 10 out-of-text compositions and 80 woodcut vignettes in the text after Bertall, Penguilly and Prosper Saint-Germain. This novel of anticipation, well illustrated by Bertall in particular, is one of the first to imagine the negative sides of progress; it is considered the first French dystopia. Excellent copy. From the library of the poet André Sciama, with bookplate
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